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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, June 3, 2016

VOL. 256 NO. 45 June 03, 2016
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Programs

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Boeing, Sikorsky Make Pitches For German Heavy Helo Need

Jun 02, 2016
Boeing and Sikorsky have laid out their pitches for an expected German procurement of heavylift helicopters.
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Lockheed T-50A Flies, U.S. Assembly Plans Progress

Jun 02, 2016
Lockheed Martin is standing up its final assembly and support facility for the T-50A advanced trainer in Greenville, South Carolina, as the aircraft enters flight testing in South Korea ahead of the U.S. Air Force’s T-X competition, expected to get underway late this year or early next.
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Soyuz Launch Reportedly Delayed

Jun 02, 2016
The Russian state corporation for space activities, Roscosmos, has pushed back the launch date for the next three-person International Space Station (ISS) crew from June 24 to July 7 to further check out a flight control system issue that could disrupt docking operations, the TASS news agency says.
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Airbus Supporting Astrobotic’s Peregrine Moon Lander Project

Jun 02, 2016
Airbus Defense and Space is providing systems engineering support to Astrobotic, a Pittsburgh-based startup that is competing in the Google Lunar X Prize contest to deliver a rover to the Moon’s surface by the end of 2017.
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Navair Will Review ScanEagle Contracts After IG Probe

Jun 02, 2016
U.S. Naval Air Systems Command (Navair) plans to review ScanEagle contract pricing in the wake of a Pentagon Inspector General (IG) investigation into program transactions.

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

Jun 03, 2016
L-3 COMMUNICATIONS VERTEX AEROSPACE LLC has $1.9b U.S. Air Force contract for ...

In Brief

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McCain: No ‘Selective’ Treatment of Russian Rocket Industry

Jun 03, 2016
Senate Armed Services chairman John McCain (R-Ariz.) is urging U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew not to be “selective” in the enforcement of ...

Technology

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Airbus Refines Hybrid Helicopter

Jun 02, 2016
A new U.S. patent granted to Airbus Helicopters details a refinement of its high-speed hybrid helicopter concept that incorporates a joined-wing configuration to reduce weight.

Funding & Policy

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Funding Concerns Cloud Ohio-Class Sub Development

May 25, 2016
A guaranteed funding stream still eludes the Pentagon to develop and build an Ohio-class replacement submarine fleet for the nuclear-tipped ballistic missile boats, and it is putting the whole submarine future fleet acquisition into question.

Operations

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Metal Fatigue Found In Crashed H225 Gearbox Component

Jun 02, 2016
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has called for a grounding of all European-registered H225/EC225 helicopters after Norwegian investigators found evidence of metal fatigue in a gearbox component from the aircraft that crashed in Norway in April.

Forecast Friday

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Forecast Friday: Rotary Wing - Attack MRO Demand 2016-2025

Jun 03, 2016
View the Forecast Friday: Rotary Wing - Attack MRO Demand 2016-2025 chart in PDF format.